Fading Embers

****Torin's POV

The sun dipped below the horizon, casting long shadows of the trees outside across the floor. I looked out the window for a very brief moment. The leaves that used to be so green, now looked pale, just like the feelings I have in my heart now.

Locked in my chambers, I looked at the dancing flames of the fireplace. But even the heat from the fire failed to melt the icy feeling tha